What's the origin of the Swastika?

[Mescalhead]

I'm not trying to say anybody is wrong, but could someone point me in the right direction. A picture, a link or even an example. I've never heard of the swaztica being Celtic before and I am one.

Thanks, Tathy

I imagine this would be Brythonic as it is in Yorkshire. Again this does not match the angualr swastikas of other culture so considering it a proper swastika is matter of personal inerpretation.


Swastika Stone

 

[Tathlum]

Thanks for the link Mescalhead. Thats exactly what I was looking for.

That symbol has a confused origin acording to the link and linking the swaztica to bridgets cross is too great a leap I feel. I guess that like you said, its a matter for personal interpretation, but I dont see a swaztica here. The Swaztica may well have given rise to the Celtic symbology of the wheel as a symbol for Sun Deities like Lugh (as opposed to just a circle or a sun symbol) and it survived in that capacity for long time, but to call it a true swaztica is a stretch. There is a link of course due to ayran cultural descent, but its not a particularly Celtic symbol.

Thanks for the help Mescalhead.

 

[awo425]

The Swastika is less a comet, nothing more and nothing! Nothing at all has to do with the sun!

 

[WICKLC1]

Its from India. Some kind of Hindu thing. I've heard that it is still used in religious ceremonies. It didn't become a hate symbol until the nazis used it.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Pls do not bump ancient threads. Thx.